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​1996's Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado's weight scandal: After winning the 1996 Miss Universe pageant, 5-foot-9 Venezuelan beauty Alicia Machado quickly put on 42 pounds, going from 118 to 160 in less than a year. Pageant officials found the weight gain unacceptable and threatened to take away her crown if she didn't slim down, with Trump calling in a fitness expert to help Machado lose the weight through a rigorous diet and exercise program, all of which was documented by photographers and camera crews. Trump also reportedly called Machado an "eating machine."